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@mdhwi.bsky.social

Lover of all textiles, embroidery, stitching, and the history of those things (“Jack of all trades, master of none”). NYT games fan; “blockfluter”; retired archaeologist; wife, mom, and cat lady.

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That’s a cute pattern! Got my serger to sew knits since it’s so hard to fit patterns on myself using woven fabrics. I made a few garments. Need to get it out again!

18.02.2026 23:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

What are you making? I should see if my ancient serger still runs.

18.02.2026 21:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

That is just stunning. Love the colors.

06.02.2026 16:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Cover of the book “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle” by Haruki Murakami. Features an image of a bird upside down.

Cover of the book “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle” by Haruki Murakami. Features an image of a bird upside down.

I may have read this book after 2000, I can’t remember. Don’t know if the English translation was available in the 1990s.

27.01.2026 19:46 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
Gray and white cat sitting on an ottoman in the sun.

Gray and white cat sitting on an ottoman in the sun.

Brio enjoying a ray of weak sunshine on this frigid day. #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky #cats

24.01.2026 16:51 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Read “Evelina” after reading “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf.” Was having trouble getting into it until I decided to read while listening along to the audiobook, which helped. Judy Dench, Finty Williams, Geoffrey Palmer narrators; ebook on Serial Reader app (recently cancelled my Audible subscription 😬)

20.01.2026 19:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“…for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.” George Eliot, Middlemarch

20.01.2026 19:07 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
Front covers of two books about Arts and Crafts embroiderer May Morris, showing floral and bird designs.

Front covers of two books about Arts and Crafts embroiderer May Morris, showing floral and bird designs.

William Morris 🥰 Also daughter May Morris, embroidery designer

27.12.2025 18:58 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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15.12.2025 15:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

LOVE The Woolen Needle 😀

11.12.2025 02:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Never participated in any pipeline surveys, just highways.

07.12.2025 17:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

700+ miles!

07.12.2025 17:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Ummm…probly not.

04.12.2025 21:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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24.11.2025 15:58 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wow. This is one of the best posts I have ever read.

24.11.2025 15:45 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It was so long and overwrought. I couldn’t watch the whole thing.

17.11.2025 21:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Lookin’ good, Gilbert! So happy to hear about your recovery ❤️‍🩹

14.11.2025 19:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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14.11.2025 16:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

*copies

13.11.2025 19:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Same. I almost injured myself crawling around on the floor trying to find which cabinet my two copes are in (found ‘em). I couldn’t finish the movie though. Just too long and overwrought.

13.11.2025 19:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Um…ok

13.11.2025 14:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Has she done Donald Trump? Because her take-down of Musk is how I’ve always thought of DJT as well. Also no sense of humor.

11.11.2025 17:08 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

I read the whole thing which was such a struggle, then wondered if my time could have been better spent doing something else. 😂. Very disappointed in the NYT on this one, especially the original headline that went with the article/interview!

08.11.2025 19:24 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
Opinion | Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...

08.11.2025 14:07 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 1

I spent way too much time reading the stupid transcript, then way too much time writing an indignant comment, only to get cut off because the comment section got closed. What a waste of an afternoon. I can’t stand Douthat.

06.11.2025 21:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sounds like Mother Theresa, suffering is the “kiss of Jesus” or some such thing. Pure evil.

06.11.2025 21:48 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sounds like Andrews and Mother Theresa share some beliefs about suffering.

06.11.2025 21:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Who cares?

05.11.2025 08:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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04.11.2025 21:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m going to start hanging big framed pictures of myself all over my house.

02.11.2025 16:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0